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Joint Usage and Research Center for Behavioral Economics
News
Apr 8th, 2026
Assistant Professor Hien Pham (Hanoi National Economics University) is visiting us from Apr 8, 2026 to Apr 17, 2026.
Apr 7th, 2026
"When Robots Think and Feel, Will Trust Disappear? Evidence from an Online Experiment", Assistant Professor Gwen-Jirō Clochard (with Yu Pan, Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez, Helmut M. Dietl) has been accepted for publication in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics.
Apr 6th, 2026
"Investigating the reproducibility of the social and behavioural sciences", Assistant Professor Gwen-Jirō Clochard (with Olivia Miske, et al.) has been accepted for publication in Nature.
Apr 6th, 2026
Professor Maurizio Iacopetta (SKEMA Business School) is visiting us from Apr 6, 2026 to Apr 23, 2026.
Apr 2nd, 2026
"Correcting Consumer Misperceptions About CO2 Emissions", Professor Taisuke Imai (with Davide D. Pace, Peter Schwardmann, Joël J. van der Weele) has been accepted for publication in Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.
Upcoming Event
4/17
Fuhai Hong
Lingnan University
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
4/17
Maurizio Iacopetta
SKEMA Business School(Professor)
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
4/20
Claudio Ferraz
University of British Columbia(Professor)
10:30 ~ 12:00 (A301)
4/20
Hikmet Gunay
University of Manitoba(Professor)
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
4/20
Jean-Felix Brouillette
Hautes études commerciales de Montréal
08:45 ~ 10:15 (Online)
4/27
Hillel Rapoport
Université Paris-I-Panthéon-Sorbonne
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
5/11
Joshua Hausmann
University of Michigan
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
5/15
Wei Huang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
5/18
Shota Ichihashi
Queen's University
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
5/25
Shigehiro Serizawa
Osaka University of Economics
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
5/26
Li Zhaorui
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
16:00 ~ 17:30 (Online)
5/29
ChienHsun Lin
National Taipei University
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
6/1
Tim Ruberg
The University of Tokyo
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
6/8
Robert Ferenc Veszteg
Waseda University
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
6/9
Julio Galvez
CUNEF Universidad
16:00 ~ 17:30 (Online)
6/9
Fabian Trottner
University of California, San Diego
08:45 ~ 10:15 (Online)
6/15
Chen Lyu
Peking University
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
6/16
Ayumu Ken Kikkawa
University of British Columbia(Assistant Professor)
15:00 ~ 16:30 (A301)
6/29
Suanna Oh
École d'économie de Paris(Assistant Professor)
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
7/24
Erkut Y. Ozbay
University of Maryland
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
9/4
Elaine M. Liu
Georgia State University(Professor)
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
9/18
Alistair J. Wilson
University of Pittsburgh(Professor)
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
Research Highlights
Olivia Miske,
Gwen-Jiro Clochard,
et al.
Nature,
652
pp.126-134
2026
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10203-5
Eugene Malthouse,
Charlie Pilgrim,
Daniel Sgroi,
Gwen-Jiro Clochard,
Nobuyuki Hanaki,
et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),
123
(12)
2026
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2504632123
A Behavioral Explanation for the Puzzling Persistence of the Aggregate Real Exchange Rate
Mario J. Crucini,
Mototsugu Shintani,
Takayuki Tsuruga
Journal of the European Economic Association,
forthcoming
Junichiro Ishida,
Wing Suen
International Economic Review,
forthcoming
DOI: 10.1111/iere.70066
Anna Dreber,
Taisuke Imai,
et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),
122
(39)
e2508519122
2025
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2508519122
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